Baseball Bats for Christmas

After illustrating A Promise is a Promise I visited Michael in Rankin Inlet for the first time; my
stay there was an incredible experience. I went
for dog sled rides, ate raw seal meat and took over 20
rolls of film even though I had many problems with my
camera freezing up. This material was invaluable to me
during the illustration of our second book, Baseball
Bats for Christmas (here you can see the Japanese
translation of this book).

Michael tells a story from his youth about how Repulse Bay received trees one year for Christmas that were dutifully turned into baseball bats.